Notes
Well things went ok. This was the inaugural event so i'm hoping they will work out the kinks, but it was probably the most chaotic race I've ever run. They had us line up starting at 8:50. After most were lined up they started the pomp and circumstance, right at race time...needless to say the race started about 10 minutes late..and with no warning..all of a sudden the blew the air horn..fortunately they had pace signs so I was up fron with a bunch of high schoolers. Went out pretty good, but seemed quick so dialed back a bit as I didn't want to get sucked in by the young guys..Settled in nicely at the half mile mark and never got passed. Hit mile 1 right at 6:01..definitely should have run that mile a bit more agressively with all of the downhill, but I knew we had to run mile 3 back up those same hills. Passed two guys right before the 2 mile mark (12:16).
Dropped pace from mile 1, but not as bad as the usual. Still need to work on this as I didn't feel overly pressed. I think the hills were in the back of my mind. Beared down and tackled the hills and had one guy around 7 seconds in front of me but never caught him. Hit mile 3 at (18:44)...all things considered it wasn't an awful split considering most of it was uphill...finished in 19:33 for 11th place overall and 4th in age group...A HS kid won in 17:20ish and got beat by a masters female runner (Nina Caron)..who I think just ran and 80 minute half marathon last weekend. All in all not quite were I want to be, but in a much better place than the last couple of 5ks this year.